Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-29

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the proper pouches. At the time the
mail-driver was on the elevator, and
Mr.. Whitney was Immediately back
of him, while various other persons
engaged in carrying the newspapers
from their offices to the postoffice We're
also present.
All the daily City papers and publi-
cations were usually mailed about this
hour (3p. NJ. They were done up
in packages and given him to throw.
Mr.. Taylor was there and helped him
throw the papers, because on that
particular day he was obliged to have
help, owing to the large number OF
papers.
He did not know of any mail hav-
ing been missent at this time. When
he received the Santa Monica packat
from MIR. Blake, he had no idea as to
what was in it.
On Sunday, ed OF May, he had
read an account of the loss of the
Long Beach package in the HERALD.
He identified the article in the HER
AID of that date which was shown
him.
Some time after this he had written
a letter TO Miss Alice Moss, and iden-
tilted a letter, which was shown him
as the one he had written her, of
which the following is copy, dated
May 25th, 1887:
DEAREST FRIEND ALICE-Although
l sent you paper last Sunday morn
ing l never expected letter. did
not like to write, because if you have
heard the news about the register be-
ing gone, you must know that, by
some one.
"Mr. Blake and are being watched,
although we don't know by whom.
Alice, l am very nearly crazy over
this business. l hardly know what to
do, though am as innocent as you
are of the theft (if such it is). can
not get my mind off of it at all and [
hope that when the time comes for
the examination. it will make things
clear, because you may imagine just
| in what predicament l am placed
and when it does come can clear
myself of it, because / have proofs
that was not alone from the time it
was put in the Office until it was found
missing.
mo Alice, you cannot imagine how
| feel. If ever felt blue | am so now.
If can will be down Sunday even
ing and hope this has not made you
feel any different toward me. Ii it
has, let me know before l come down,
because if you turn your back upon
me, Lord, what will l do?
"Now Alice, / was told not to say
anything about this to any one, not
to give any information in the least
bit, and you see l am disobeying
orders, because am trusting you not
to say anything and if you have to
show this to your parents, ask them
not to allow it to go outside OF the
family, although people are aware OF
it anyhow. l mean. don't let any one
know wrote to you about it, although
it would not make any difference
guess.
.'If you destroy the rest OF my let
ters beg you to keep this one, be-
cause l might wish to use it as evil
dence. (SabeS)
II must go back to work now, and
though if l don't receive line this
week l will be down Sunday sometime
if can get away.
"My regards to all the family, and
believe me
Sincerely yours,
(Signed.) BERT A. MCKENZIE"
(Care of p. o.
He had recovered the letter the day
he was arrested, about the 9th o
! May, from Miss Moss while he was Il
Santa Monica. Witness stated tina
: Mr. Brooks had mentioned his CORE
: spondence with Miss Moss, but h,
had told him that it did not in an,
way refer to the Santa Monica pack
age, but to the Long Beach package
which had been missed before tn,
Santa Monica package, further statin;
: that he had no objection to its bein,
perused by the District Attorney.
The letter was here offered as evi
dence by the prosecution, Mr.. Brooks
, , objecting on the grounds that it haC
, not been established upon competen
testimony that the letter was tn,
original. Witness stated that it wa
the only letter he had ever writer
I. Miss Moss; that it had been writer
before the Santa Monica pack
I. ! age was lost, i. e. the 25th of May.
\ Mr.. White here introduced as evi
dence the article in the HERALD @
May 22d, stating that he wished t.
show by it that the letter from Nc
Kenzie to Miss Moss was elected b
: its publication.
: The article was then read TO tn,
jury.
a Witness read the article and state,
, that it was the one which had cause,
t him to write the letter to Miss Moss
r In making up the mail the SAINT
) Monica pouch was usually filed abou
, half or three-quarters full, after whicl
the clerks proceeded to lockout,
the pouches being arranged in thre,
tiers, the Santa Monica pouch bein,
ON the outside tier. No regular ordel
was observed in locking-out and ht
could not reminder what pouches he
had locked-out and what pouches
Blake had locked-out, there being in
all about fifteen locked-out that day
When called into the office OF Mr..
Green, that gentleman said, "McKen.
zie, we have traced the loss to you.'
To which he replied, 81 don't see
how.". Mr.. Green answering, "Be-
cause you were the last one to handle
the package"
Witness had made the remark, at
has been lost between myself and the
Postmaster at Santa Monica because
he had been the last to handle, and
the Postmaster at Santa Monica should
have been the next to receive it.
IL H. Il NJ n
kelberger for about six months, and
had been discharged on account of so
many mistakes.
Witness stated that he had never
signed the name of Mr.. Dunkelberger
to any application for pass. but had
Travelled on passes which he had re-
ceived from the authorities at San
Francisco. When witness received
the packages from Blake he had
thrown them into the proper pouches,